Access & Location
The lodge is accessed via a short road transfer from its private airstrip within the NamibRand Nature Reserve. It’s situated within a private concession covering 15,000 hectares.
Kwessi Dune Lodge
A unique luxury lodge by Natural Selection in the NamibRand Nature Reserve.
Lounge and dining areas, library, bar, campfire, and swimming pool.
Just ten guest chalets, each with a ‘star gazer’ room and amazing views.
Game drives, nature walks, skybeds experience, stargazing, quad biking, day trips to the Sossusvlei dunes, hot air ballooning, horse riding, and scenic helicopter flights.
Our Yellow Zebra Opinion
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Great all-rounder
Kwessi Dune is a remote, high-quality camp in the private NamibRand Reserve. Due to its remote location, it is arguably a bit far for a trip to Sossusvlei, but when combined with a property closer to the Sesriem gate, it could be a great option.
Activities
Kwessi Dune Lodge offers an exhilarating range of things to do! Please note, activities incurring an additional charge are indicated with an asterisk (*) below.
Expertly guided game drives
Nature walks
Skybeds experience and stargazing
Quad biking
Day trips to the Sossusvlei dunes*
Hot air ballooning*
Horse riding*
Scenic helicopter flights*
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These are available during mornings and afternoons. Guests are invited to explore not only the lodge’s private concession but also all 200,000 hectares of the NamibRand Nature Reserve! The landscape is absolutely stunning, and you’ll have a great time searching for some of the area’s wildlife, not least an assortment of big and small cats, black-backed jackals, Burchell’s zebra, kudu, and a lot of boks – gemsbok, springbok, steenbok.
Perfect for anyone interested in scrutinising the smaller lives of the reserve, walks are also accompanied by a knowledgeable guide. They provide exciting opportunities to look at birds and insects, for example.
Adventurous travellers can opt to spend a night in the desert. You’ll have some magical moments gazing up at the night sky and listening to the nocturnal wildlife.
This is a thrilling way to explore the reserve, from the vast sweeping plains to the imposing mountains!
Considered Namibia’s most iconic region, Sossusvlei is well worth visiting during your stay. Some of the dunes are as tall as skyscrapers! You can read more about Sossusvlei here .
For a bird’s-eye view over Sossusvlei, staff at Kwessi Dune can arrange a hot air balloon ride for you, another very memorable add-on to your vacation.
Why not see it all from the saddle too? Again, the lodge’s staff will happily organize horse riding for you.
Taking in vast swathes of the NamibRand Reserve, a helicopter flight is guaranteed to leave you with some amazing memories. For more information about this experience, and anything else to do with Kwessi Dune Lodge, please get in touch with a member of our team.
*This property is unfenced and located in a wildlife area, so large and potentially dangerous animals do pass through. If you opt to stay here, always be alert when walking around the camp and request for a member of staff to escort you if you have any concerns. Any guest is escorted after dark as a matter of course.
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In common with the guest chalets, the main building features wooden steps up onto a deck and a neatly thatched roof, but it’s open sided for the most part.
Inside, there’s a medley of sofas, armchairs, and pouffes around coffee tables, a few chic tables-and-chairs for indoor dining, an array of bookcases making up the property’s library, and a well-stocked bar. The deck provides a nice venue for al fresco relaxing and dining, while guests marvel at the views! The campfire is set up just outside the lodge, while the swimming pool is to one side.
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There are just ten chalets, all positioned on the desert plains amidst rising red dunes and majestic mountains.
Each have a few wooden steps up onto a private veranda, which offer a couple of chairs, a table, a hammock, and breathtaking views over the NamibRand Nature Reserve! Guests enter the chalet through timber-framed glass doors, finding themselves in a pleasantly airy space thanks to the high thatch roof of the building. The bedroom contains a vintage four-poster bed, bedside cabinets and lighting, a couple of luggage racks, a drinks stand, and a writing desk and chair too. Natural Selection describes the style as the company’s ‘usual cool and comfortable’, adding that there is ‘a few quirks along the way’ – and we particularly like the smart striped canvas walls, artwork, and plant life. The en-suite facilities include both indoor and outdoor showers. There is also a adjoining ‘star gazer’ room, where guests can drift off under the clear night skies of the NamibRand. And access for disabled travellers is possible on request.
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